It's Hailing!
05-02-2006, 06:58 PM
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Originally Posted by dazygirl415
It's not here. I don't know if it did all day though since I was cooped up inside the office. I hope the 8s made it out without war wounds...
I'm actually in SA. and since it seems i'm the only 8 in SA(according to the boards) I guess i'm the only one getting hit. I spotted at least one dent on the hood.
WTF?!?!?!? I live in ******* San Antonio. It hailed for a good 25 minutes. I'm so mad right now.
05-02-2006, 08:16 PM
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think i got ya' beat on that one, this is from last year, over 9 grand worth, I cried so hard I puked (and I'm not ashamed of that either lol)
https://www.rx8club.com/showthread.p...ht=hail+damage
https://www.rx8club.com/showthread.p...ht=hail+damage
05-02-2006, 08:31 PM
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Originally Posted by canaryrx8
think i got ya' beat on that one, this is from last year, over 9 grand worth, I cried so hard I puked (and I'm not ashamed of that either lol)
https://www.rx8club.com/showthread.p...ht=hail+damage
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05-02-2006, 11:28 PM
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well originally I had Beasley's body shop do it, while the bodywork was ok, the paint was horrific. The place that is doing mine now is called Sutherland Auto body on S. Lamar. As it turns out the owner (Joe Sutherland) is good friends with the folks who part own the location of my best friend's car audio shop, so they all know each other so it's almost like taking it to a family member. I've been very impressed with their customer service and I know from speaking to other people that they do excellent work. 
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05-03-2006, 11:18 PM
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:( traded in my 8
Muya.. many years ago when we had a Ford escort (hey it was all we could afford at the time) we had a hail storm in El Paso of all places... The car was totalled by the insurance company..
That was a crappy escort and not an 8 but I would get an estimate done soon and make a claim.
I hope it works out for you...
EDIT: Geezz, they just talked about the hail there on the local news and show some pictures of hail that got collected... sizes looked like the size of a quarter to half-dollar..
That was a crappy escort and not an 8 but I would get an estimate done soon and make a claim.
I hope it works out for you...
EDIT: Geezz, they just talked about the hail there on the local news and show some pictures of hail that got collected... sizes looked like the size of a quarter to half-dollar..
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05-03-2006, 11:31 PM
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OUCH. Sorry to hear about your hail experience. Depending on how deep the dents are, you might want to try a paintless dent removal place. When the big hail storm hit College Station about 8 years ago, I had lots of friends that went that route. Much cheaper and you would never know that their car had been hit.
I personally have used a paintless place to remove a rather large dent that a friend of mine put in the top of the tailgate of my truck with his foot/ankle (trying to jump over it). They did a great job. You could not even tell that there was ever a dent and I drove it for a couple more years after that before I traded for the 8 with no paint chipping, etc.
I personally have used a paintless place to remove a rather large dent that a friend of mine put in the top of the tailgate of my truck with his foot/ankle (trying to jump over it). They did a great job. You could not even tell that there was ever a dent and I drove it for a couple more years after that before I traded for the 8 with no paint chipping, etc.
05-04-2006, 08:04 AM
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Yea it hailed good here, the one day my car isn't sitting in my garage! I took it to the dealer earlier that day to get the starter/plugs ect., but they put it inside the garage for me
05-04-2006, 09:30 AM
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there's a place here in town called Dentworks that does amazing stuff, their website is here:
http://www.dentworks.com/
you should check out the pics on their site, some of the stuff they repaired even went beyond standard hail dings so if you're struggling to find a place they might be worth the drive for you
http://www.dentworks.com/
you should check out the pics on their site, some of the stuff they repaired even went beyond standard hail dings so if you're struggling to find a place they might be worth the drive for you
05-04-2006, 10:22 AM
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Got super lucky...apparantly the storm hit central texas and then hit SA ....I was in SA when it hit central then on my weekly weekend drive to Central missed the storm completely and the 8's safe =) ...still got a crack in the window from the last hailstorm though
05-04-2006, 10:01 PM
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Originally Posted by canaryrx8
there's a place here in town called Dentworks that does amazing stuff, their website is here:
http://www.dentworks.com/
you should check out the pics on their site, some of the stuff they repaired even went beyond standard hail dings so if you're struggling to find a place they might be worth the drive for you
http://www.dentworks.com/
you should check out the pics on their site, some of the stuff they repaired even went beyond standard hail dings so if you're struggling to find a place they might be worth the drive for you
05-05-2006, 07:40 AM
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thanks. what about the shop you went to? the second one?
05-05-2006, 06:30 PM
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Originally Posted by RX-Nut
muya, what part of SA were you at when you got nailed? I'm a new San Antonian and was curious....
After I get my car fixed we should all get together.
05-05-2006, 06:30 PM
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Originally Posted by canaryrx8
The bodyshop I have my car at right now is called Sutherland AutoBody. They are located on S. Lamar across the highway from Burger Center etc. If you give them a call at 892-7500, ask for Joe and tell them Randall the guy with the yellow Rx8 sent ya'. They have a website too at http://www.sutherlandautobody.com, I'd recommend them over any other shop in town hands down.